Preview: vs. Arizona
11/22/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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TwitterNORTHRIDGE, Calif. -- The TCU women's basketball team will look to rebound when it opens play at the Warner Center Marriott Thanksgiving Classic on Friday night. The Frogs will be taking on Arizona at 7 p.m. CT. The tournament is hosted by CSUN at their on-campus Matadome.
TCU (3-1) suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday night, falling to Yale, 82-72. Arizona (2-1) also lost its first game on Tuesday night, dropping an 84-70 decision at Loyola Marymount.
How To Follow
The game will be streamed online for free at BigWest.TV. It can also be heard in Fort Worth on KTCU 88.7 FM, as well as online via FrogVision, with Chris Blake doing play-by-play. Live stats are also available on GoMatadores.com, and live updates will be provided on Twitter by following @TCUWBasketball.
Last Time Out
The Frogs dropped their first game of the season on Tuesday night, falling to Yale, 82-72, at Schollmaier Arena. The Bulldogs scored 52 points in the second half, including a 10-of-13 shooting effort in the fourth quarter.
Amy Okonkwo's 18 points led four Frogs in double figures. The Frogs started cold, going nearly five minutes before scoring their first points, setting the tone for Yale who finished the game shooting nearly 53 percent.
3-Pointers
1. The Horned Frogs are playing in their first Thanksgiving tournament since 2014 when they traveled to Boulder, Colo. The Horned Frogs lost their first game at that tournament to Colorado State before rebounding to beat Missouri State.
2. TCU last played in California in 2011-12, its final season in the Mountain West. The Horned Frogs opened their conference slate at San Diego State with a 61-46 loss on Jan. 11, 2012. The Frogs last nonconference game in California was a 75-72 loss at Fresno State on Dec. 4, 2010.
3. Okonkwo is the only Frog to score in double figures in all four games this season. However, at 13.3 points per game she is TCU's third leading scorer. Jordan Moore leads the Frogs in scoring at 17.5 per game with Amber Ramirez second at 15.0 per game.
Scouting Arizona
The Wildcats opened their season with wins over Iona and Utah State but fell at Loyola Marymount, 84-70, on Tuesday. The Wildcats had a tough second half, allowing LMU to score 57 points in the final 20 minutes.
Arizona has used predominately just a six-player rotation this season with four players averaging over 30 minutes per game. Six players average over 21 minutes per game with five of them averaging double-figure scoring.
Marlee Kyles, who has come off the bench in all three games, leads the Wildcats at 13.7 points per game. Sam Thomas leads the team in rebounding at 8.7 per game and in assists at 4.3 per game.
The Series
Arizona leads the all-time series over TCU, 1-0. That lone meeting came on Nov. 19, 2006 in College Park, Md., at the BTI Classic where Arizona won 59-56 in overtime.
Raegan Pebley is 1-0 against Arizona. Her 2010-11 Utah State squad beat the Wildcats, 103-95, in the 2011 WNIT First Round, Pebley's first postseason game as a head coach.
Up Next
The tournament also features host CSUN and Idaho. The winners and losers of the two games will meet on Saturday night. The third-place game will tipoff at 7 p.m. CT with the title game beginning at 9:30 p.m. CT.
